a virtual summit aimed at boosting access to corona virus vaccines. producers pledge to provide billions of doses to low and middle income countries by the end of next year. you also promised to support vaccine production in africa to reduce dependence on international imports. g 7 nations have agreed to end financing of coal fired power plants by the end of this year. that s after a 2 day virtual meeting of the countries environmental ministers. the group also reaffirmed its commitments to limit a global temperature increase to less than one and a half degrees by 2050. this is d w. news from berlin. you can find out much more on our website. that s d w dot com. the ah, is germany finally turning the corner people are getting their shots case counts are dropping under him. he s health minister is taking his foot off the brake pedal cautiously declaring victory against the 3rd waves. small burst, a sunshine, in what is still an overcast sky, but health officials are still caut
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good evening thanks for joining us this is our to. the u.s. and the taliban have signed a peace deal which is expected to finally bring washington s longest ever war to an at the negotiations it s been a long time in the making they still don t exceed the 18 years of conflict in the country. the united states and the taleban have endured decades of hostility and mistrust. previous talks. to separate only became real for the united states when the taliban signaled interest in pursuing peace and ending their relationship with. another foreign terrorist groups . they also recognize that military victory was impossible. under the peace deal the taliban this pledge to prevent terrorists from operating in the areas it controls they ve also promised to enter into talks with the afghan government in march for washington is promising to review sanctions on the taliban and will begin withdrawing troops in stages for goes well in a little over a year no u.s. or nato forces will remain i
even my life to point out that you have other component look like i m a schoolteacher. almost twelve hundred complaints by whistleblowers over three years that s a whistleblower every day a whistleblower ignored every single day trying to take that into your head every single day seven days a week at the pentagon a whistleblower comes forward and says they face reprisal for blowing the whistle on fraud or abuse then the inspector general ninety one percent of the time responds oh ok yours is a form to fill out once you re done all that up you did to me all white with all roses for april twenty twelve to march twenty sixth t. and they found in favor of whistleblowers in only point nine percent of cases the project on government oversight said the d.o.d. inspector general substantiated only seven out of thirteen hundred complaints received seven they say seven sustained reports how is that not news how is that but every channel what you want to have if you focus on what. have.
a motel six they are everywhere right so i wonder how the inspector general handled this here s directly from the government accountability office. the majority of civilian and contractor and sub contractor complaints closed by d.o.d. inspector general in two thousand and thirteen through two thousand and fifteen one thousand nine hundred four of one thousand one hundred ninety seven or about ninety one percent were closed without investigation overall thousand cases of room cries all against whistleblowers weren t even investigated and that s just from twenty thirteen through twenty fifteen and that s just the employees who had the nerve to stand up and say something about the wrongdoing or corruption at the pentagon to raise their hand to go yeah i d like to risk my job my career and maybe even my life to point out there you have other al capone look like an amish school teacher. almost twelve hundred complaints by whistleblowers over three years that s a whistleblower ever